Below 99% of compared French towns: 2.3% of homes are flats
With households without a car at 5.1%, Villognon is behind 88% of compared French towns on that count. The 2023 Census counted 336 residents in 160 households. About one in 31: that is how common households in social housing are in Villognon (3.2%). More households headed by a retired person than in 87% of compared French towns: 42%.
Throughout this page, the Charente median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
What stands out about the people of Villognon
Empty homes
The census found 41 homes empty (19%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Villognon had 357 residents at the 2012 census and 336 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 91% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of −6% since 2012 leaves Villognon behind 91% of compared French towns
Residents at INSEE’s last three censuses, each recast in the 2026 commune boundaries. France has no yearly estimate by commune between censuses.
2012 to 2023
2017 to 2023
In two steps, −10% to 2017 and +5% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +1% in Charente.
Villognon is older than 76% of compared French towns: a median age of 48.4
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Villognon 48.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 9.7% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. Still, at 23%, the share of residents aged 65 and over is higher than in 53% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
Only 23% of households are couples with children in Villognon
A household is everyone who shares a main home (résidence principale). Household types come from INSEE’s fuller sample of a quarter of census forms.
Against the Charente median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 2.1 people. The benchmark for couples with children in the typical compared French town: 25%. At 9.8%, the share of single-parent households is lower than in 53% of compared French towns. One-person households are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 35%.
Empty homes: 19%, a higher share than 99% of compared French towns
Every home the census counted: main residences, second homes and occasional dwellings (INSEE counts them together), and empty homes. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
All homes · share of homes
Type of home
Cars per household · share of households
Here nearly one in ten homes are second homes, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. As a yardstick, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Households that moved in under two years ago: 6.4%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 31%.
At the median, €22,890 a year to live on
The standard of living (niveau de vie) is a household’s disposable income after taxes and benefits, divided by its consumption units (UC) to allow for its size and make-up: 1 for the first adult, 0.5 for each other person 14 or older, 0.3 for each child under 14.
Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.
At €22,890 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 82% of compared French towns.
13% of households are headed by a manual worker, fewer than in 56% of compared French towns
Households by the socio-professional group (PCS) of their reference person, INSEE’s own categories. Jobs and commuting are on the Work & commute page.
Households by reference person’s group · share of households
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manual worker come to 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Villognon sits below 94% of compared French towns for immigrants (1.8%)
INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.
Share of residents · census 2023
Immigrant (immigré)
Born abroad, not French at birth. Someone stays an immigrant after becoming French. A French citizen born abroad (for example in Algeria before 1962) is not one.
Foreign national (étranger)
Not a French citizen today, wherever born. A child born in France to foreign parents can be a foreign national without being an immigrant.
Foreign nationals: 1.5%, below 87% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
More married residents than 66% of compared French towns: 45%
Residents 15 and over by how they live: the census asks both the legal status and whether people live as a couple.
Residents 15 and over · share
Single residents: 24%, below 61% of compared French towns. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Villognon sits below 95% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (16%)
Highest diploma of residents 15 and over who have left education, in French terms: the levels don’t map one-to-one to UK or U.S. ones.
Highest diploma · 15 and over, out of education
In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%; Villognon has 26%. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 336 to 2,582 people: this is the 15th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Of the 6 towns nearest Villognon, 3 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villognon | 48.4 | 23% | 8.8% | 1.8% |
| La Boixe 2,841 · 7.1 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 3.8% | 1.7% |
| Rouillac 2,919 · 9.5 mi | 49.3 | 30% | 5.7% | 2.6% |
| Champniers 5,281 · 11.6 mi | 48.7 | 26% | 1.7% | 2.4% |
| Ruffec 3,449 · 12.2 mi | 55.8 | 37% | 4.9% | 10% |
| Brie 4,125 · 12.3 mi | 42.4 | 19% | 1.2% | 1.6% |
| Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente 7,539 · 13.2 mi | 47.5 | 28% | 1.5% | 5.6% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Census 2023. INSEE’s census is a rolling survey: a fifth of small communes each year, 8% of homes in large ones each year. “2023” pools the surveys of 2021 to 2025, so the figures describe the town around 2023, not on one day.
- Medians of compared communes. The comparisons are the median of the département’s compared communes and of France’s (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median: not the total for the département or for France, which large cities pull towards their own figures.
- Immigrants and foreign nationals. INSEE’s two measures: an immigrant was born abroad without French nationality; a foreign national isn’t French today. Neither is a count of people born abroad, which INSEE doesn’t publish by commune.
- Second homes. Homes used for holidays or weekends, with occasional dwellings (kept for work, for example), which INSEE counts together. Their owners are counted where they live, not here.
- Standard of living. INSEE’s Filosofi: disposable income per consumption unit, from tax and benefit files, 2023. The poverty rate is the share of residents below 60% of France’s median. Not published for the smallest communes.
- What France doesn’t ask. The French census asks nothing about ethnicity, religion, language or health, so this page has no such section.
Questions about who lives in Villognon
What is the population of Villognon?
336 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (357).
How old are Villognon’s residents?
The median age is 48.4, older than 76% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Villognon?
19, with occasional dwellings: 8.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Villognon?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.8% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Villognon?
€22,890 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970). Source: INSEE, Filosofi.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, ages, households, homes, marital status, diplomas, immigrants, foreign nationals, employment), 2026 geography · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (standard of living, poverty) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · Medians and percentiles: TownRatings, over compared French towns, updated November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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